Giants’ Malik Nabers Gets Ominous Injury Outlook From Sports Doctor
A well-known sports doctor seems to think New York Giants WR Malik Nabers will miss a significant chunk of the 2026 season.
One of the biggest questions still looming over the New York Giants is when star wide receiver Malik Nabers will return to the field. Nabers had an initial surgery to repair his torn ACL and a second to clean up the scar tissue, but some — including ESPN’s Adam Schefter — still have their doubts about whether or not Nabers will be ready for the start of the season. “I just don’t like the way that any of this sounds,” Schefter stated on the “Pat McAfee Show” last week.
“It’s a complicated procedure. They don’t know if he’ll be ready for opening day. It certainly sounds like — at the very least — opening night against the Dallas Cowboys at home is in jeopardy.
“And it almost feels like, at this point in time, that it would be more unlikely that he would play in that game than it is likely that he would play in that game. ” The talk of the Giants’ offseason has been how many games Nabers is expected to miss. The consensus seems to be him playing Week 1 is out of the question, and well-known sports doctor Jesse Morse is convinced Nabers will miss more than just the first game of the year.
Malik Nabers #1 of the New York Giants reacts after being injured against the Los Angeles Chargers during the second quarter in the game at MetLife Stadium on September 28, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images) “Giants HC Harbaugh admitted that they don’t know when Malik Nabers will be returning from his ‘complicated’ knee surgery,” Morse posted on X . “I’m expecting him to start on the PUP list and make his debut somewhere in the middle of the 2026 season.